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Dec. 4, 2009

Once Upon a Time, Government Worked

William Bagley of Nossaman recounts how he was one in four Assembly Republicans to vote against housing discrimination in 1963.

By William Bagley

William T. Bagley represented Marin and Sonoma Counties in the California State Legislature, served the U.S. Civil Rights Commission on its Advisory Board, was appointed by President Ford as the first Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and served as a member and Chairman of the California Transportation Commission and as a California Public Utilities Commission Commissioner. Here is an excerpt of his new book, California's Golden Yea...

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